“I guess we both understood that our relationship was built entirely on witty repartee, and neither of us thought we could be witty on four hours of shut-eye.”
“This is how we court girls in America. We grab them and kiss them. And if they don't like it, we do it again, harder and longer, until they surrender. It saves us hours of witty repartee.”
“Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.”
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
“We were both music-obsessed, each in our own way. If we didn't entirely understand the other person's obsession, it didn't matter, because we understood our own.”
“Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.”